The January 2026 Transfer Window

[simongarnerisgod]

47 minutes ago, ... said:

What's our chances of signing Cleary? 

bob hope and no hope

[oneandycrawford]

23 minutes ago, Andy said:

As someone else has already said: O'Brien and Undav arrive in that transfer window and we're probably still a Prem club now.
 

We might well have gone up but to say we would probably still be a Premier club now is a bit of a stretch.

That team was nowhere near the quality of several of the teams that have gone up and come straight back down in the last few years. And we can be fairly certain Venkys wouldn't have invested the funds required to stay up.

[RevidgeBlue]

18 minutes ago, Andy said:

Agreed - though we have been doing this for a long time.
We never got near to paying £5m for Gallagher, or £6m/£7m for BBD, as that would have required promotion / etc.

The same way that our outbound transfers are add-on or clause heavy.

And, for the record, I think Broughton had a strategy and it was clearly hamstrung by interference within the club.
Szmodics, Hyam, Brittain, Tronstad are all significantly better than anything we've signed since.
As someone else has already said: O'Brien and Undav arrive in that transfer window and we're probably still a Prem club now.
 

Im quite happy to take fees quoted by the Club at face value.

What I can't be doing with is people who try to have it both ways ie. "We're showing ambition" when it's claimed we've spent £3m but when the player flops they say "Well it wouldn't really have been anything like £3m due to add ons".

[Tomphil2]

39 minutes ago, Andy said:

Agreed - though we have been doing this for a long time.
We never got near to paying £5m for Gallagher, or £6m/£7m for BBD, as that would have required promotion / etc.

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Not correct in both those cases i'm afraid.

Gallagher was 5 mill with 3 million up front and the rest over the course of his initial contract, which he saw out.

BBD was the famous 'flex' where it was a big fee small wages with a big lump up top then the rest over his contract, which he saw out.

The inital Raya money went towards Gallagher, Mowbray said this himself it was in the LT at the time. I think i'm right in saying the accounts post BBD showed there was a big lump paid up top for him.

We had a brief spell then of them actually using a bit of their perceived financial clout but obviously it didn't last.
 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Tomphil2

[bigbrandjohn]

If this isn’t the quintessential definition of dicking  around in the transfer market I don’t know what is. 
https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/blackburn-rovers-sheffield-wednesday-bailey-cadamarteri-5494211

An extra 50K. Someone is going to sweep him up for more than that. 

[M_B]

1 hour ago, Angry_Pirate said:

On a positive note... my £50 August bet (5-1) on Rovers to be relegated is already offering an early payout of £100.

Take it👍

[M_B]

59 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Im quite happy to take fees quoted by the Club at face value.

What I can't be doing with is people who try to have it both ways ie. "We're showing ambition" when it's claimed we've spent £3m but when the player flops they say "Well it wouldn't really have been anything like £3m due to add ons".

I was going to say, there's 4 months spent moaning that they won't buy players, then the next 4 months is spent trying to disprove that they have 🤣